Training Guides & Protocols
Mapping
Where are you?
How to get your latitude & longitude
How to build & display maps
How to read a map
Building Web Pages & IDnature guides
Overview
Unix/Linux operating system commands
Unix/Linux vi text editor commands
HTML tags & file structure
Becka's Short Cuts
Directory Structure on Discover Life Websites
20q XML tags & file structure
20q_build guide
Processing images for Discover Life
How to Write Web Pages
Creating a New Guide
How to Import a List to a Guide
How to Use the Discover Life Guides
Imaging
Uploading Images From Your PC to Discover Life
Uploading Images From Your MAC OS X to Discover Life
Instructions for Web and Office Support Activites
Reading Mail using PINE
Submitting a Travel Authority
Managing Mail
Printing on the eMac
Switching between OS 9 and OS X on the eMac
Translating Files on the eMac
Scanning Slides with the Polaroid SprintScan 35 scanner
Scanning Slides with the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 scanner
Scanning Images on HP Flatbed Scanner
Scanning Images on UMAX Flatbed Scanner
Building Polistes Environment on Mac OS X
Activities In Exploring Diversity
Insect identification
Ant Diversity Lab
Ecology Project Discover Life
Examining Plant Diversity
Discoverlife Through Science
Tree Diversity Recording Sheet
Catalpa Biodiversity Project- Overview
Observing the Sphinx Caterpillar
Exploring the Caterpillar Habitat Activity
Looking at Habitat Advantages
Looking at Habitat Adaptations
Observing and Classifying Wasps
Caterpillar Surprise Activity for Students
The Life Cycle of a Caterpillar Activity
Making a Mobile of the Caterpillar Life Cycle
Observing the Sphinx Moth
Comparing Caterpillars and Moths: An Activity for Students
Making an Adaptive Caterpillar Activity
Raising Parastic Wasps: a Student Activity
Children's Butterfly Site
, includes color pages
Instructional Activities for Teachers
How to Teach Web Page Creation
Taxon Assignment
Library Resources
An Easy Guide To Netscape Navigator
Searching the Web Worksheet Answers
Searching the Web Worksheet
Building a Mini-museum of Natural History
Technology Based Activites for Students
An Easy Guide To Netscape Navigator
Searching the Web Worksheet
Searching the Web Worksheet Answers
Scavenger Hunt
Activities Students Can Do in the Field
Measuring Trees Exercise
Setting Up a Plot
LOG_ID Form to Inventory Species in Your Area
Activities Using Dichotomous Keys
Using A Dichotomous Turtle Key
Turtle Key Activity
Making a Leaf Key
Instructions for Using Photography Equipment
Photographing Specimens with the digital camera
Nikon 90s
Nikon D1
Sony DSC HX1
Links for Software Packages
Perl Documentation
ModPerl Documentation
DB_File Documentation
MySQL Manual
Convert html images to postscript
ImageMagick - convert
ImageMagick - PerlMagick
Links for Scanners & Labeling Equipments
Intermec Products website
Microbar 9730
ScanImage 1470 Imager
Courses taught by John Pickering
ECOL 4110/6110
Insect and Plant Diversity
ECOL 4940
-- Ecology internship
Young DAWGS, Young Scholars Programs
-- Summer internship
One Laptop Per Child
Instructions for Updating Your Version of OLPC
Completing the Software Update
Updated: 6 September, 2008
Discover Life
|
Education
|
Training Guides & Protocols